1 I CRY OUT TO GOD; yes, I shout. Oh, that God would listen to me!
2 WHEN I WAS IN DEEP TROUBLE, I searched for the Lord. ALL NIGHT LONG I PRAYED, WITH HANDS LIFTED TOWARDS HEAVEN, but my soul was not comforted.
3 I think of God, and I moan, overwhelmed with LONGING FOR HIS HELP."
Psalm 77:1-3 (NLT)
• This psalmist in the text of this teaching is Jeduthun, a choir director. He was pouring his heart out to God in prayer, because he was in a distress, in a deep trouble.
- A pattern of believer's Prayer is found in this passage. Where do you turn to, when you are troubled in your heart?
• All night long I pray!
- The night hour is the time to pray and determine what happens in the day time—your daily activities.
- In other words, the victory or success which you would have or experience would be determined in your prayers in the night time.
- As a believer, do not sleep all night. Let part of your night time be used to pray through on whatever might be bothering your heart.
- The psalmist in the text unburdened his Heart to God in prayer. If this is properly done, you would see the results of what you have taken time to talk out with God—there would be testimonies, or signs, or proofs, that you had actually prayed.
• Whatever you can see in the physical realm, existed first of all in the spiritual realm.
- Pray at the time when you would be less distracted. And the night hour would be an ideal time.
- If you succeeded in taking over in the spiritual realm, in prayer, you would succeed in getting or realizing your objects of prayer.
- Although, the prayer of a believer in Christ Jesus is promised to be answered, at any time of the day; either the day time or the night, when prayed in line with the Bible—the Word of God.
- However, the devil usually works when men, people, are slept:
24 ANOTHER PARABLE He put forth to them, SAYING: “THE KINGDOM of heaven is like a man who SOWED GOOD SEED in his FIELD; 25 BUT WHILE MEN SLEPT, HIS ENEMY CAME AND SOWED TARES AMONG THE WHEAT AND WENT HIS WAY" (Matthew 13:24,25 NKJV). - Evil Seed had been sown in some people's lives through their sleeping. It could be through a spiritual slumbering or the physical one.
- Most demonic diseases or sicknesses that defied medication are contracted in the sleep. Afflictions, diseases, or whatever, even death, are placed on people whilst they are sleeping.
- Do not be a victim of the night time. You can rise and take over in the night, to defend your destiny and frustrate the plans of the wicked one, the devil—over your life and that of your loved ones.
- Man's enemy who came to sow tares, which was mentioned in the parable, is no other person than the devil, the adversary, the archenemy of mankind (Revelation 12:9,10,17).
- This is the reason why a believer should not allow a spiritual apathy and slumbering. Through spiritual apathy, slumbering, or lazing, or being carefree; negative things could be sown to a person's life which he or she would be grappling with for many years—and perhaps for the rest of the person's life.
• God has given authority to you as a believer, because satan has fallen. You are to trample on the serpents and scorpions:
18 AND HE [Jesus] SAID TO THEM, “I SAW SATAN FALL LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN. 19 Behold, I GIVE YOU THE AUTHORITY TO TRAMPLE ON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS, AND OVER ALL THE POWER OF THE ENEMY, AND NOTHING SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU" (Luke 10:18,19 NKJV).
- You have what It takes to live and overcome in life, that is, living a victorious Christian life (1 John 5:4).
- You take Authority over the powers of darkness. You resist the devil, bind and cast demons away, in the name that is above every other name, which was given to you as a believer (Mark 16:17,18; Philippians 2:9-11; James 4:7).
• You will not fail in Jesus' name.
- Should there be any ailment in your body, I declare your healing now in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
- The hold that is broken in your life now will never rise or formed again in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Peace!
TO BE CONTINUED
STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. Ask that He will write your name in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).
- If you took the steps As highlighted above, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!